Thanks for the feedback and praise, all.





I did indeed write about the IWW, although mostly as background to the rise of the International Woodworkers of America - a more conventional CIO union, albeit one with a strong Communist influence in its early years. I wish I could link to my thesis here, but unfortunately the digital archive that hosts the online copy is only available to Reed students and alumni. I suppose I could stick it in a Google Drive if anyone's interested.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say that some of the factors behind syndicalism in the Northwest woods, especially the semi-nomadic camps that made traditional hierarchical organization difficult, will still be present ITTL.

I would love to read it!
 
More coming soon.

Let me know what you think of the flag and seal; my Inkscape and Photoshop skills are rusty, which is why they're relatively simple.

I love your description of the original seal; the fish does, indeed, look dead! The replacement seal is much improved. I'm surprised there wasn't more compromise on the flag; I would totally have seen the Beaver being buttressed by two stalked of wheat or something else which would have mode both parties content.
 
I would love to read it!

Alright. Link coming soon.

I love your description of the original seal; the fish does, indeed, look dead! The replacement seal is much improved. I'm surprised there wasn't more compromise on the flag; I would totally have seen the Beaver being buttressed by two stalked of wheat or something else which would have mode both parties content.

I'll admit that the simplicity of the flag is in part due to my caution with the image editors. It's a slightly modified version of the obverse of Oregon's OTL state flag - one of the few flags still in use with different designs on different sides.
 
What was the market for salted salmon at this time? I ask because the new republic could definitely use a profitable export item and salmon seems the simplest to scale up. I think Mexico would be the best initial market for this product, assuming they practice "meatless Fridays" like other Catholics.

Really looking forward to the story of Cabet's utopian commune in Oregon. No doubt it will fail socially as it did OTL, human nature being what it is, but like the Shakers and the Oneida communes it might leave a legacy of superior craftsmanship in a particular good. Did any of Cabet's communes produce beer or wine? Within the Oregon Territory you can't do much better at growing grapes or hops than in the Willamette Valley.
 
As much as I'd hate to give anyone a flutter of undue excitement seeing a notification from this thread, I do think I owe an explanation to the people who were liking and commenting until I dropped off the map in January.

After reaching the declaration of independence I realized that while my knowledge of PNW history and American history might have been sufficient to plot out what happens next, I don't know enough about diplomatic and geopolitical dynamics in the 19th century to figure out how Mexico, Britain, and other international actors would react to those developments. So I stopped to do some research, and the longer I got from updating, the more I started to think about other things I could do with this POD and this setting.

For the past month or so I've been putting together the beginnings of a novel set in this TL, and I think that might be better suited to what I was intending to do here (which was, originally, to explore ideas of place, region, and nation - I'm not sure I did any "exploring" with the textbook style I was using here). I'll be taking the project in that direction now. Sorry to disappoint anybody, although if all goes to plan, y'all will eventually have something big and substantial to read.
 
Thanks. Maybe I'll keep the thread updated with some excerpts or teasers - we'll see.
When you say you are putting together a Novel do you mean that you are going to purplish a Novel set in TTL on another site, continue this timeline but with more of a narrative focus or are you going to redux the whole timeline altogether?
Also you never linked to that Google Drive that contained your thesis.
 
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